Mark Kleinman: Investor row is a Curve-ball for Lloyds deal September 25, 2025 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column Investor row is a Curve-ball for Lloyds deal Talk about a messy divorce. For investors in Curve, the digital wallet provider founded a decade ago, its impending sale to Lloyds Banking Group, Britain’s biggest high street [...]
London hot on New York’s heels as financial centre race ramps up September 25, 2025 London is now within a whisker of ousting New York as the world’s leading financial hub, fresh rankings reveal, but risks remain over the capital’s fintech prospects. The City was chomping at the heels of the Big Apple with just a singular rating point between the two. New York once more topped the rankings in [...]
Foreign takeovers risk turning UK into an ‘incubator economy’ September 15, 2025 The UK is facing a time crunch to avoid becoming an “incubator economy” as foreign takeovers continue to sweep the London market. A collection of top venture capital investors and founders have called for crucial reforms to the markets ecosystem with a focus on pensions and the IPO environment. The reforms, as outlined in a [...]
Wise mulls UK banking licence after ditching London listing September 1, 2025 Money transfer firm Wise is looking into a UK banking license following the fintech ditching its primary listing on the London stock market earlier this year. The company has reached out to financial services heavyweights in the last two months regarding roles related to starting a banking business in the UK, according to The Times. [...]
Double delisting fears hit London Stock Exchange August 27, 2025 Fears of a London Stock Exchange exodus were reignited once more on Wednesday as two firms prepared to quit the London market. Credit and legal services firm Anexo Group laid out plans to delist from the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) after citing the costs of being a publicly traded company and lack of investor interest. [...]
Wall Street ‘mocks’ idea of London listing, fintech boss says August 26, 2025 The founder of one of Britain’s fasest-growing fintech firms has said Wall Street “mocks” the idea of a London Stock Exchange listing. Barney Hussey-Yeo, chief executive of Cleo, said the head of investment banking at a global bank had “laughed” at the notion of his company listing in London. He added they had “assumed” Cleo, [...]
The five fintech segments to watch August 18, 2025 Global fintech funding slumped to its worst half-year in five years in the first six months of 2025. Investment reached $44bn (£32.47bn), falling from $54.2bn the year prior, whilst the number of deals fell from 2,376 to 2,216. Weak investment in the three months to June 31 2025, hurt the headline figures, with just $18.7bn [...]
UK fintech investment slumps despite push from Rachel Reeves August 11, 2025 Fintech investment across the UK suffered another downturn in the first half of the year despite Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ bold ambitions for the sector. Total UK fintech investment fell to $7.2bn (£5.36bn) – a drop of five per cent from the same period in 2024. The decline, revealed in KPMG’s bi-annual Pulse of Fintech report, [...]
Mark Kleinman: Un-Wise handling of US listing move July 31, 2025 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column Wise fails its name in handling of US listing move If only Wise was as smooth at transferring its stock market listing as it is moving its customers’ money. The company founded by Taavet Hinrikus and [...]
Wise shareholders overwhelmingly approve plans to ditch UK primary listing July 28, 2025 UK fintech Wise has curbed a potential shareholder revolt to seal the transferal of its primary listing to the US despite an investor backlash over additional terms within the proposal. More than 90 per cent of Class A shareholders and 84.6 per cent of Class B shareholders approved the deal, which will see the firm [...]